1998 vw passat tdi 110 glow plug light not coming on when i turn the ignition on and car wont start. the car was fine till i washed it when i went to move it after washing i had this problem. only washed body work NOT engine bay...

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I have passat TDI 2004 110 diesel the glow plug light flashing and the local workshop told me to change the EGR Valve which did but still the glow plug light flashing and the can power became less and hadly drive 70 mph now. Will appreciate your openien on this.

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i think glow plug replacement needed. ever used starting fluid in cold to start?try this, next time no start, cycle your key and let the light come on, wait till it goes off, turn key again until light goes off, if you have to do this more than 3 times, and it runs fine, replace the glow plugs only then. thank you for choosing fixya.com!

You've probably solved this by now, but just in case... it's your particulates filter clogging up and needs 'regeneration' by VW techs. They take it on the road and with the aid of a laptop on the pax seat, inject fuel into particulates filter and 'burn it out' it'll cost you 200 quid at a vw dealer.

Depending where you live if the temp. is over 45 degrees F the glow plugs shouldn't be needed for the engine to start. Have you ever had the check engine light come on? Your problem is probably not in the glow plugs.

Hi,This is the second Vw I have responded to in a fortnight.Your lack of power I presume always happens when the glow plug light illuminates?This is because it is causing over combustion to vaporised diesel, I would be looking in the Glow plug timer and relay, as for Turbo lag, I run a E34 6 cyl Bmw Diesel and the Turbo only kicks in around 2,500ish so maybe yours is a little tired or in need of a check up?Hope this helped,Paul 'W'Onyer~EDson(:0) {#><U.K.Please remember to rate my effort!

I have same problem either glow plug circuit relay or power signal from main computer faulty. Could also be bad wireing harness they are notorious for this. We put a larger battery (higher cca) in to compinsate for excessive cranking a year later were changing the starter it seems summer comes and we blow it off till its noticable again. If you fix exact problem please let me know what it was if possible. GOOD LUCK and Thanks!